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Aliens: Hive (Aliens Series , No 5)

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NOTE: This Book is also entitled Harvest, confusing alot of people. Harvest has a few additions to it that allow it to be the re-release it is, but I'm still partial to the cover of this lovely baby. I'm reviewing Hive and it'll show up on both, so you know you have the right one when you get the picture of the alien with the dog. That said, to begin:

All the Aliens Graphic Novels, distributed by Dark Horse, can be insulted if taken out-of-context and looked at on a one-on-one basis. Still, when thrown into a timeline and looked at as pieces telling the saga of a beast that is, in a sense, more terrifying than anything with Earthly comparisons, its a beautiful beast to behold. In stories like Labyrinth, for instance, you see what contact with Aliens can do to the human psyche and just how frail humans really are, and in additions by people like Mike Mignola you see the human side of the equation. In Hive you are thrust into a world where Aliens are understood to a point and where the item that allows them to become "Hive Mothers," Royal Jelly, has become THE narcotic of choice. Accordingly, you have a perpetual goldrush with people willing to take a variety of chances just to have something that is worth vast amounts of money and that makes its user feel better than escapism has ever imagined being. Take that and add in see the ways that people try to get to that payload and you have Hive.

As far as a creative complex, the art leaves something to be desired and there are slow place sin the story. Still, for some reason, I'm drawn to the notion of the Alien and this book made me alot happier than many of the others. Perhaps its because it not only adds in little scenarios of trying to raid a hive but comments on the Alien itself, trying to add an understanding of what the Alien is. Or maybe I just like watching people die because of their own stupidity when they mess with something beyond their wildest nightmares.

If you want to check out the Graphic Novels, start with Earth Hive and start working outward. These have been going on for years and you'll find alot of stuff you like/ dislike, and some of the stories are fringe tales at best. Unlike others here I liked this story, however, and am giving it a four out of five because I liked what it did. I just wish the art would've given me a little more.

Aliens: Harvest Graphic Novel Review

Grade: C

Aliens: Harvest is a mixed bag, depending on what you want in an Aliens comic. If you want action(like Genocide, Rogue, Salvation) this ones not for you. If you like the more phychological Aliens comics(like Sacrifice, Labyrinth) this ones for you. I only give it 3 stars because there are some good scenes in it, but at times it gets boring and often confusing. It collects a four-issue arc, and at times feels to long, with boring dialogue. The dog was pretty cool though the way it interacted with the robotic Alien.(Yes, a robitic Alien, and yes, it does play fetch with a dog!) Overall, it's worth it for some cool scenes, otherwise only for die-hard Aliens fans only. Or you can get it in the Aliens Omnibus volume 2.

It is about a sientist who once wrote a book about ants. He has built a robot alien. He has crashed on a planet full of aliens. I like this book because it is an action packed comic with great art and a good story.

After reading practically all other Aliens novels and comics, I find this one too drawn out, too much unnecessary plot and not enough involvement of the aliens themselves. The book delves too far into the woman thief's past and the feelings of the main character, Stanislaw. I was too bored three quarters into the book and couldn't even bear to finish it.

BAD ART,BAD STORY,BAD CHARACTERS ! DONT GET THIS BOOK